GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| ignite | to set afire |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |